The Soldier's Details

Surname:
Parker
First Name:
Douglas
Rank:
Private
Regimental #:
WX8642
Company:
‘ B ’ Company
Enlisted:
18.10.1940
Discharged:
11.01.1946
DOB:
6.09.1914
Place of Birth:
Bunbury, Western Australia
Father's Name:
Richard Edward Winsett Parker
Mothers's Name:
Jessie Parker
Religion:
Church of England
Pre-war Occupation:
Salesman, Window Dresser and Storeman
Singapore:
Selarang Camp Changi
Force:
‘A’ Force Burma, Green Force, No. 3 Battalion
Camps Thailand:
Tamarkan, Tamuang
Camps Burma:
Victoria Point, Kendau 4.8km, Thetkaw, Meiloe, Augganaung
POW#:
1528
Return Details 1945:
Thailand-Singapore by aircraft; Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Highland Brigade

General Description

McGrath, Davies, Hinds, Parker, Newell, Gregory
McGrath, Davies, Hinds, Parker, Newell, Gregory

 

 

 

 

at back F Dorrington back row: J Gregory, L O'neil, E Teasdale, A Newel, R Hindle front: R Haldane, M Hunter, T James, F Hinds, D Parker
at back F Dorrington
back row: J Gregory, L O’neil, E Teasdale, A Newel, R Hindle
front: R Haldane, M Hunter, T James, F Hinds, D Parker

 

Please read about ‘A’ Force Burma, Green 
Force No. 3 Battalion

At the end of the war Parker was recovered from Tamuang Camp, Thailand – sent to Bangkok and flown to Singapore, then sailed to Fremantle on HMT Highland Brigade.

 

 

 

Camp Locations:

  • Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
  • Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
  • Tamuang, Tha Muang 39k - Thailand
  • Yamane, Hiroshima #3-D - Japan
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